As Scott Dixon rolled slowly onto pit road in his new Acura prototype, there was bedlam in his team’s pit stall.
Team owner and co-driver Gil de Ferran was hugging anybody standing near enough, Honda officials were doing high-fives and Nick Wirth, the designer of the all-new Acura ARX 02a sports car, crouched behind the pit wall covering tear-filled eyes with his hands.
“The radio was dead silent all the way until I came in,†said reigning IndyCar Series champion Dixon. “So I suspected we’d been passed and lost the pole anyway. To come in and see them … Details
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